Posts tagged “Microsoft”
“Having just transcribed several emails that prove that Microsoft was perhaps the very last to hop on board, I realized that with this collection of exhibits, we are indeed publishing The True History of Microsoft.”
The Comes v. Microsoft antritrust litigation opened up thousands of exhibits, some which is in the form of internal emails, from the period of 1988 to 2003. Groklaw examined a new piece from 2003 in which Bill Gates commented on Steve Jobs’ ability to create iTunes.
I’m guessing this is truly the transparent view into the deep dark world of Microsoft. Stunning they’re mostly in the same place they were in 2003.
Groklaw - Microsoft and Innovation — On iTunes, 2003: “We were smoked”
In terms of war, this is the best kind. In terms of business strategy, this is the worst kind.
“the sound of found”
—Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president of Microsoft’s online audience business group
Microsoft Unveils Bing, Its New Search Service - NYTimes.com
This whole Microsoft “real” people thing is silly but it’s just plain embarrassing to have screwed this up. Details people, details.
Microsoft has an interesting take on two-dimensional coding. While the Japanese seem quite satisfied by QR, the smaller Microsoft Tag has a compelling feature list with a significant drawback, everything goes through Microsoft’s servers. There is nothing convincing here that suggests this will catch on fire. The first comment points out a funny truth about the commercial failure of tagging.
